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Watercolor design with a printed poem panel at top center. A draped figure leans down above, a red-orange winged figure falls toward grey water at lower left, and a pale figure rises at right.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

A watercolor and ink design by William Blake with a printed poem panel reading 'Of a Favourite Cat' at top center. Above, a figure in grey-blue drapery leans down, while a winged figure in orange and red plunges toward a grey sea at lower left, and a pale figure rises at right.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3062 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1797; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Español: Diseño de Blake para la Oda a la muerte de un gato favorito

Un diseño de acuarela y tinta de William Blake con un panel impreso del poema 'Of a Favourite Cat' en el centro superior. Arriba, una figura con ropajes gris azulados se inclina hacia abajo, mientras una figura alada en naranja y rojo cae hacia un mar gris en la parte inferior izquierda, y una figura pálida se eleva a la derecha.

Português: Desenho de Blake para a Ode à Morte de um Gato Favorito

Um desenho em aquarela e tinta de William Blake com um painel impresso do poema 'Of a Favourite Cat' no centro superior. Acima, uma figura com vestes cinza-azuladas inclina-se para baixo, enquanto uma figura alada em laranja e vermelho mergulha em direção a um mar cinzento no canto inferior esquerdo, e uma figura pálida se ergue à direita.

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